This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists ...

A Swiss Brown cow is out to prove cows are smarter than people think.

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.

Raised as a pet in southern Austria, her solution to bothersome horseflies has changed what was known about animal ...

Veronika, the Austrian cow, has become the first cattle known to use tools, according to a study that reveals new insights ...

It’s like handing puzzles to expert problem-solvers.

Imagine a cow using tools with the same finesse as some primates. This astonishing phenomenon has emerged from Austria, where a cow named Veronika has demonstrated remarkable cognitive abilities that ...

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." ...

Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks. In a series ...

The unlikely star of the study is Veronika, a 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow living in the alpine village of Nötsch in southern ...